Patents Assigned to Kinpo Electronics
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Patent number: 9630364Abstract: A three-dimensional (3-D) printing apparatus and a nozzle temperature adjustment method thereof are provided, and the nozzle temperature adjustment method includes the following. A first melting point temperature of a first feed material and a second melting point temperature of a second feed material are read when a feed material switch procedure is executed. The first melting point temperature and the second melting point temperature are compared, and the higher one is selected to serve as an initial conversion temperature. After executing a slag processing procedure according to the initial conversion temperature, the initial conversion temperature is adjusted to the second melting point temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Kwan Ho, Chien-Ying Huang
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Patent number: 9588520Abstract: A positioning navigation method and an electronic apparatus thereof are provided. The positioning navigation method is adapted to the electronic apparatus for positioning an indoor environment and includes the following. A movement process is executed from a start position. In the movement process, distance detection is continuously performed by first sensors, orientation detection is continuously performed by a second sensor, and a position coordinate is recorded every first time period. When sensing that a distance between the electronic apparatus and an obstacle falls in a predetermined distance range, a direction changing process is executed. In the direction changing process, the electronic apparatus rotates by a rotation angle, and an intermediate position coordinate is recorded every second time period. After the direction changing process, a position coordinate corresponding to the direction changing process is determined, and the movement process is re-executed.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignees: Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Huan-Sheng Wang, Hsin-Hua Peng, Fang-Ru Wu
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Publication number: 20170028642Abstract: A printing head module including a body, a feeding roller assembly and a feeding sensor is provided. The body includes a material-supplying channel and a nozzle connected to the material-supplying channel. The feeding roller assembly is disposed at the material-supplying channel to transmit the modeling material to the nozzle. The feeding sensor is disposed at the feeding roller assembly to detect whether the feeding roller assembly rotates. The feeding sensor is coupled to a control unit, such that the control unit generates a notice according to a detection result of the feeding sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicants: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limi tedInventors: Kwan Ho, Yu-Chuan Chang
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Patent number: 9550324Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatus, a printing calibration board and a three dimensional printing calibration method thereof are provided. The three-dimensional printing apparatus is adapted to spray the printing material. The three-dimensional printing apparatus includes a nozzle module, a printing platform and a control unit. The printing platform has a carrying surface, where the calibration pattern is disposed on the carrying surface. The calibration pattern at least includes a datum path and a first auxiliary path. The control unit controls the nozzle module coupled to the control unit to spray the printing material along the datum path, and the printing speed of the nozzle module is adjusted in response to the width of coverage of the printing material on the calibration pattern.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Yang-Teh Lee, Chi-Wen Hsieh, Chi-Chieh Wu
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Patent number: 9511546Abstract: A three dimensional printing apparatus is provided. The three-dimensional printing apparatus includes a tank, a rotatable platform, a light source module and a controller. The rotatable platform is elevatably disposed above the tank, and the light module is disposed under the tank. When the controller controls the rotatable platform elevating to a height along an axis direction, the controller controls the rotatable platform rotating a plurality of rotating angles in sequence around the axis direction and controls the light source module irradiating liquid-formation material, so as to sequentially solidify a plurality of object sections of a single layer object.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Peng-Yang Chen, Chung-Kang Chu
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Patent number: 9505175Abstract: A three-dimensional printing device including a main body having a reference side and a support side, a plurality of driving units disposed on the main body connecting the reference side with the support side along an axis, a carrying unit including a plurality of axial connection portions, a plurality of sensing units disposed on the reference side and respectively corresponding to the axial connection portions and a control unit coupled to the driving units and the sensing units is provided. The carrying unit is assembled on the driving units and driven by the driving units to move between the reference side and the support side. Each sensing unit detects that each corresponding axial connection portion arrives at the reference side and accordingly produces a termination signal, and the control unit synchronizes operations of the driving units according to the termination signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Chung-Yuan Cheng, Shih-Nan Lu, Shih-Jer Din, Jui-Feng Chang
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Patent number: 9505174Abstract: A printing head module including a body, a feeding roller assembly and a feeding sensor is provided. The body includes a material-supplying channel and a nozzle connected to the material-supplying channel. The feeding roller assembly is disposed at the material-supplying channel to transmit the modeling material to the nozzle. The feeding sensor is disposed at the feeding roller assembly to detect whether the feeding roller assembly rotates. The feeding sensor is coupled to a control unit, such that the control unit generates a notice according to a detection result of the feeding sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Kwan Ho, Yu-Chuan Chang
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Patent number: 9506625Abstract: A light source module adapted for a signboard having a light emitting surface is provided. The light source module includes a base, at least one light source, at least one first reflective structure, and at least three second reflective structures. The base has a bottom and at least one side surface. The side surface is adjacent to the bottom and disposed between the bottom and the light emitting surface. The first reflective structure is adjacent to the side surface and far away from the bottom. The second reflective structures are disposed on the bottom. Part of the light beams provided by the light source ejects from the light emitting surface after reflected by one of the second reflective structures. Another part of the light beams ejects from the light emitting surface after reflected by the first reflective structure and one of the second reflective structures sequentially.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignees: Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited, Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Yen-Hsiang Huang, Chih-Feng Lin, Chun-Min Wang
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Patent number: 9481545Abstract: A filament-fusing apparatus includes a first body, a first-heating element, a second body and a second-heating element. The first body includes a first surface and a first-filament groove disposed thereon. The first-heating element disposed on the first surface has a first-connecting groove and a first-overflow groove. Two opposite sides of the first-connecting groove connect the first-filament groove. An axial side of the first-connecting groove connects the first-overflow groove. The second body includes a second surface and a second-filament groove disposed thereon. The second-heating element disposed on the second surface has a second-connecting groove and a second-overflow groove. Two opposite sides of the second-connecting groove connect the second-filament groove. An axial side of the second-connecting groove connects the second-overflow groove.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Yang-Teh Lee, Chuan-Yuan Lee
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Patent number: 9482586Abstract: A heating control apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The heating control apparatus includes a heating module, a temperature sensing module, a pulse width modulation circuit, and a comparator. Input terminals of the comparator are respectively coupled to the temperature sensing module and the pulse width modulation circuit, and an output terminal of the comparator is coupled to the heating module. In the control method, a heating temperature of the heating module is sensed by the temperature sensing module, so as to provide a temperature sensing signal. The comparator receives the temperature sensing signal and a pulse width modulation signal generated by the pulse width modulation circuit and compares the temperature sensing signal and the pulse width modulation signal to generate a comparing pulse width modulation signal, so as to control the heating temperature of the heating module by using the comparing pulse width modulation signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Ju-Chou Chen, Chih-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 9446558Abstract: A three-dimensional (3-D) printing apparatus including a base, a printing head module and a control unit is provided. The base has a carrying surface. The printing head module is disposed above the base. The printing head module includes a body and a discharge outlet switching component. The body includes a material supplying channel. The discharge outlet switching component is movably disposed at the body. The discharge outlet switching component includes a plurality of discharge outlets. Diameters of the discharge outlets are different from each other. The control unit is configured to choose one of the discharge outlets according to the diameters and connect the chosen discharge outlet to the body, such that the material supplying channel is connected to the corresponding discharge outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventor: Chia-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 9434109Abstract: A three-dimensional printing method for forming a three-dimensional object on a base is provided. The method comprises providing a model library comprising at least one supporting member, selecting the at least one supporting member from the model library and disposing the at least one supporting member onto the base. The three-dimensional object is printed over the base and the at the least supporting member, and the three-dimensional object has an overhanging portion relative to the base and the at least one supporting member is filled between the overhanging portion and the base.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventor: Ming-Hsiung Ding
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Patent number: 9432655Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) scanner including a light-source module, a screen, a rotary platform, an image capturing unit and a process unit is provided. The light source module is configured to emit a beam. The screen disposed on a transmission path of the beam has a projection surface facing the light source module. The rotary platform carrying a 3D object is disposed between the light source module and the screen. The 3D object is rotated to a plurality of object orientations about a rotating axis to form a plurality of object shadows on the projection surface. The image capturing unit is configured to capture the object shadows from the projection surface to obtain a plurality of object contour images. The process unit is configured to read and process the object contour images to build the digital 3D model related to the 3D object according to the object contour images.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Yang-Teh Lee, Kwan Ho
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Patent number: 9421700Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) apparatus including a processing unit, a base and a printing head is provided. The processing unit is configured to read and process digital 3D model information. The base is coupled to and controlled by the processing unit. The base includes a plurality of heating regions. The processing unit is configured to selectively heat at least one of the heating regions according to the digital 3D model information. The printing head is disposed above the base. The printing head is coupled to and controlled by the processing unit to dispense a thermal melting material layer-by-layer on the heated heating region to form a 3D object related to the digital 3D model information.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Shih-Jer Din, Shih-Nan Lu, Wei-Hsin Liao
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Patent number: 9415547Abstract: A three-dimensional printing apparatus is provided. The three-dimensional printing apparatus includes a tank, a movable platform, a light source, a detection module, and a control unit. The tank is filled with a liquid forming material, and the movable platform is movably disposed above the tank. The light source is disposed below the tank and configured to project light on the liquid forming material so as to form a three-dimensional object layer by layer on the movable platform. The detection module is disposed above the tank and includes a signal emitter and a signal receiver. The signal emitter is configured to emit a detection signal. The control unit activates an error-detection mechanism and controls the movable platform to move toward the detection module. The control unit determines whether the three-dimensional object is abnormal based on whether the detection signal is detected by the signal receiver.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Peng-Yang Chen, Wen-Ten Lin
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Patent number: 9399323Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printing structure that includes an object and a support member is provided. The support member is located on one side of the object to support the object. The support member includes a plurality of support bricks and a filler. The support bricks are stacked together. A first portion of the filler fills the space among the support bricks, and a second portion of the filler fills the space between the object and the support bricks adjacent to the object. Accordingly, the support member of the 3D printing structure is able to support the object, and thus the object can be formed through 3D printing.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Ting-Yu Lu, Hsuan-Chen Yeh
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Patent number: D762885Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignees: Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventor: Ta-Hsin Chan
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Patent number: D777808Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Che-Wei Chang, Wen-Chun Chung, Chun-An Hsu
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Patent number: D777809Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventor: Pin-Hsuan Wu
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Patent number: D777810Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Chieh Kao, Wen-Chun Chung, Chun-An Hsu